Portable monitoring devices and methods of operating the same

Abstract

In one aspect of the disclosed implementations, a device includes one or more motion sensors for sensing motion of the device and providing activity data indicative of the sensed motion. The device also includes one or more processors for monitoring the activity data, and receiving or generating annotation data for annotating the activity data with one or more markers or indicators to define one or more characteristics of an activity session. The device also includes one or more feedback devices for providing feedback, a notice, or an indication to a user based on the monitoring. The device further includes a portable housing that encloses at least portions of the motion sensors, the processors and the feedback devices.

What is claimed is: 
     
       1. A wearable device, comprising:
 at least one sensor to provide activity data, the activity data pertaining to a physical activity undertaken by a user of the wearable device; and 
 at least one processor configured to:
 receive the activity data via the at least one sensor, 
 annotate the activity data with annotation data which includes a timestamp, a marker, a digital flag, a label, or a combination thereof which specify at least one type of physical activity performed by the user during a physical activity session or at least one of a start time, an end time, or other time points between the start time and the end time of the physical activity session, the physical activity session being associated with a duration of time the physical activity is performed by the user, and 
 determine activity metrics associated with the physical activity session, based on the annotation data annotating the activity data, the activity data used to determine the activity metrics being limited to a time period defined by the annotation data, wherein the time period is during the physical activity. 
 
 
     
     
       2. The wearable device of  claim 1 , the at least one sensor including at least one of a motion sensor to detect movement associated with the user, a biometric sensor to detect biometric information about the user, a physiological sensor to detect physiological information about the user, or an environmental sensor to detect environmental information about an environment associated with the wearable device. 
     
     
       3. The wearable device of  claim 1 , the physical activity session including one or more of walking, running, stair climbing, bicycling, swimming, or sleeping. 
     
     
       4. The wearable device of  claim 1 , the at least one processor further configured to annotate the activity data with the annotation data based on a force applied to the wearable device, as a user input to annotate the activity data from the physical activity session. 
     
     
       5. The wearable device of  claim 1 , the at least one processor further configured to annotate the activity data with the annotation data based on receiving information annotating the physical activity session from a remotely disposed computing device. 
     
     
       6. The wearable device of  claim 1 , the at least one processor further configured to annotate the activity data with the annotation data in real time. 
     
     
       7. The wearable device of  claim 1 , the at least one processor configured to automatically annotate the activity data with the annotation data including the timestamp, the marker, the digital flag, the label, or the combination thereof which specify the at least one type of the physical activity performed by the user during the physical activity session based on a time of day the activity data was collected and based on biometric data indicating at least one of a position or a motion of the user during the physical activity session. 
     
     
       8. The wearable device of  claim 7 , the at least one processor configured to specify the at least one type of physical activity performed by the user during the physical activity session as a sleeping activity when the time of day the activity data was collected corresponds to nighttime and when the biometric data indicates the position of the user during the physical activity session is a horizontal position. 
     
     
       9. The wearable device of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 at least one feedback device communicating the activity metrics to the user; and 
 at least one user input device to receive a user input, 
 the at least one processor further configured to receive the user input to annotate the activity data. 
 
     
     
       10. The wearable device of  claim 9 , further comprising:
 at least one other sensor to detect environmental information with respect to the wearable device, 
 the at least one processor further configured to deactivate at least some functionalities of the at least one user input device in response to the environmental information detected by the at least one other sensor indicating the wearable device is exposed to water or moisture. 
 
     
     
       11. The wearable device of  claim 9 , the at least one processor configured to annotate the activity data with the annotation data including the timestamp, the marker, the digital flag, the label, or the combination thereof which specify the at least one type of physical activity performed by the user during the physical activity session based on the user input received via the at least one user input device. 
     
     
       12. The wearable device of  claim 11 , the user input received via the at least one user input device including information indicating a label or an identifier of the physical activity. 
     
     
       13. The wearable device of  claim 9 , the at least one processor configured to annotate the activity data with the annotation data including the timestamp, the marker, the digital flag, the label, or the combination thereof which specify the at least one of the start time, the end time, or the other time points between the start time and the end time of the physical activity session, based on the user input received via the at least one user input device. 
     
     
       14. The wearable device of  claim 13 , the user input received via the at least one user input device including information indicating the start time and the end time of the physical activity. 
     
     
       15. The wearable device of  claim 1 ,
 the at least one processor configured to switch among a plurality of activity-tracking modes based on the one or more markers or indicators, 
 the plurality of activity-tracking modes including at least one of a running mode, a walking mode, a stair-climbing mode, a bicycling mode, a swimming mode, or a sleep-tracking mode, and 
 the at least one processor further configured to determine the activity metrics associated with the physical activity session, based on which of the plurality of activity-tracking modes is currently activated or initiated. 
 
     
     
       16. The wearable device of  claim 15 , further comprising at least one user input device to receive a user input to cause the at least one processor to switch from a first activity-tracking mode among the plurality of activity-tracking modes which is associated with a first physical activity to a second activity-tracking mode among the plurality of activity-tracking modes which is associated with a second physical activity, and
 the at least one processor configured to interpret activity data according to rules associated with the first activity-tracking mode to determine activity metrics associated with the first physical activity and to interpret activity data according to rules associated with the second activity-tracking mode to determine activity metrics associated with the second physical activity. 
 
     
     
       17. A method implemented by a wearable device, the method comprising:
 providing, by at least one sensor, activity data, the activity data pertaining to a physical activity undertaken by a user of the wearable device; 
 receiving the activity data, by at least one processor, via the at least one sensor; 
 annotating, by the at least one processor, the activity data with annotation data which includes a timestamp, a marker, a digital flag, a label, or a combination thereof which specify at least one type of physical activity performed by the user during a physical activity session or at least one of a start time, an end time, or other time points between the start time and the end time of the physical activity session, the physical activity session being associated with a duration of time the physical activity is performed by the user; and 
 determining, by the at least one processor, activity metrics associated with the physical activity session, based on the annotation data annotating the activity data, the activity data used to determine the activity metrics being limited to a time period defined by the annotation data, wherein the time period is during the physical activity. 
 
     
     
       18. The method of  claim 17 , further comprising:
 communicating, by at least one feedback device, the activity metrics to the user.